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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Flār'ing-ly, adv. p. 518In a flaring manner.Flāsh, n. p. 518A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. 2. A sudden and brilliant burst; a momentary brightness or show. The…Flāsh, n. p. 518The slang language of thieves, robbers, and the like; the vulgar tongue. Grose.Flāsh, a. p. 518Low and vulgar; as, flash language.Flāsh, v. i. p. 518To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy. Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch-words of unnumbered…Flāsh, v. t. p. 519To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light; to convey by a flame, or by a quick and startling motion; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on…Flāsh'er, n. p. 519A man of more appearance of wit than reality. 2. A rower. [Obs.] 3. The flusher, or lesser butcher-bird.Flāsh'-house, n. p. 519A house frequented by thieves, &c., where stolen goods are received.Flāsh'i-ly, adv. p. 519In a flashy manner; with empty show.Flāsh'ing, n. p. 519The creation of an artificial flood by the sudden pouring in of water. 2. (Arch.) Pieces of lead, or other metal, let into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the gutters and prevent the plashing…Flāsh'y, a. p. 519Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow. 2. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. 3. Insipid; vapid; without…Flāsk, n. p. 519A narrow-necked vessel for holding fluids; a bottle; as, a flask of wine or oil. 2. A portable vessel for gunpowder; a powder-horn. 3. A bed in a gun-carriage. [Obs.] Bailey. 4. (Founding.) A box…Flāsk'et, n. p. 519A vessel in which viands are served up. Pope. 2. A long, shallow basket. In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket. Spenser.Flāt, a. p. 519Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without marked prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plain. Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. Milton. 2. Lying at…Flāt, adv. p. 519Directly; plainly. [Obs.] Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. Herbert.Flāt, n. p. 519A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an even or plain space of ground; a low tract. Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a…Flāt, v. t. p. 519To make flat; to flatten; to level. 2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. Barrow. 3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially…Flāt, v. i. p. 519To become flat, or flattened; to be reduced from a prominent or elevated to a level surface. Temple. 2. To become insipid, or dull and unanimated. [Obs.] King Charles. 3. (Mus.) To fall from the…Flăt'-fish, n. p. 519(Ichth.) A fish which has its body of a flattened form, swims on the side, and has both eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, halibut, and sole; especially, a small flounder, the Platessa plana…Flăt'-fōot'ed, a. p. 519Firm-footed; determined. [Colloq. U. S.]Flăt'-hĕad or Flăt'-hĕad'ed, a. p. 519Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.Flăt'-ī/ron, n. p. 519An iron for smoothing cloth; a sad-iron.Flā'tive, a. p. 519Producing wind; flatulent. [Obs.] Brewer.Flāt'ling, adv. p. 519With the flat side; flatlong; in a prostrate position. Spenser.Flăt'lings, adv. p. 519With the flat side; not edgewise; flatlong. [Rare.] The blade struck me flatlings. W. Scott.Flăt'lĭng, adv. p. 519With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak.Flāt'ly, adv. p. 519In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively; plainly. “He flatly refused his aid.” Sidney. He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and…Flăt'ness, n. p. 519The quality or condition of being flat. 2. Evenness of surface; want of relief or prominence; levelness. 3. Want of vitality or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression. 4. Want of variety…Flāt'ten, v. t. p. 519To reduce to an equal or even surface; to level; to make flat. 2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit. 3. To make vapid or insipid; to…Flăt'ten, v. i. p. 519To become flat, even, depressed, dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.Flāt'ter, n. p. 519The person or thing by which any thing is flattened. 2. (Blacksmith's Work.) A flat swage.Flăt'ter, v. t. p. 519To win the favoring attention of, by action expressly directed to that end, and especially by artful, insincere, or servile attentions; to gratify; to coax; to wheedle. A place for pleasantness, not…Flăt'ter-blīnd, v. t. p. 519To blind with flattery. [Rare.] If I do not grossly flatterblind myself. Coleridge.Flăt'ter-er, n. p. 519One who flatters; a fawner; a wheedler. When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, — being then most flattered. Shak. The most abject flatterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants.…Flăt'ter-ing-ly, adv. p. 519In a flattering manner; with partiality.Flăt'ter-y, n. p. 519The act of flattering, or praising in a way to gratify vanity or gain favor; improper commendation; adulation; false praise. Simple pride for flattery makes demands. Pope. Just praise is only a debt…Flāt'ting, n. p. 519A mode of painting, in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwill. 2. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching it with size. Knolles. 3. The…Flāt'tish, a. p. 519Somewhat flat; approaching to flatness. Woodward.Flāt'ū-lençe or Flāt'ū-len-cy, n. p. 519The state of being flatulent, or affected with an accumulation of gases in the alimentary canal. 2. Airiness; emptiness; vanity. [Obs.] Glanville.Flăt'ū-lent, a. p. 519Affected with gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. Vegetables abound more with aerial particles than animal substances, and…Flāt'ū-lent-ly, adv. p. 519In a windy manner; emptily.Flăt′ū-ōs′ĭ-ty, n. p. 519The state of being flatuous or windy; flatulence. [Obs.] Bacon.Flāt'ū-oŭs, a. p. 519Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] Bacon.Flā'tus, n. p. 519A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke. 2. Wind generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body; flatulence. Quincy.Flāt'wīse, a. or adv. p. 519With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.Fläunt, v. i. p. 519To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.…Fläunt, v. t. p. 519To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.Fläunt, n. p. 519Any thing displayed for show. In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.Fläunt'ing-ly, adv. p. 519In a flaunting way.Flau'tist, n. p. 519A player on the flute; a flutist.Fla-vĕs'cent, a. p. 519Turning yellow; yellowish. Gray.Fla-vĭe'o-mŏŭs, a. p. 519Having yellow hair.Flā'vine, n. p. 519(Chem.) A vegetable extract, in the form of a light-brown or greenish-yellow powder, and containing a large proportion of tannin and coloring matter. Simmonds.Flā'vor, n. p. 519That quality of any thing which affects the smell; odor; fragrance; as, the flavor of a rose. 2. That quality of any thing which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish…Flā'vor, v. t. p. 519To give flavor to.Flā'vored, p. a. p. 519Having flavor, or a pleasant taste; as, high-flavored wine.Flā'vor-less, a. p. 519Without flavor; tasteless.Flā'vor-oŭs, a. p. 519Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.Flā'voŭs, a. p. 519Yellow. [Obs.]Flaw, n. p. 519A bursting or cracking; a breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife, a vase, or a wall. This heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws. Shak. 2.…